The Four Preps
The Four Preps are an American popular music male quartet. In the 1950s and 1960s, the group amassed eight gold singles and three gold albums. Their million-selling signature tunes included "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)", "Big Man", "Lazy Summer Night", and "Down by the Station". The Four Preps' numerous television and motion picture appearances included four years backing teen heartthrob Ricky Nelson on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and appearing with Sandra Dee in the film Gidget. The group's most recent television appearance was with the award-winning 2004 PBS special, Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop. The current incarnation of the Four Preps features co-founder and original lead singer Bruce Belland, Bob Duncan (formerly with the Diamonds and the Crew Cuts), Michael Redman (of the Crew Cuts), and Jim Armstrong. Their shows are currently an amalgamation of singing everything from doo-wop to Tin Pan Alley standards and comedy.
Genre: doo-wop, vocal-harmony-group
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Top Tracks
- Alice
- 26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
- Big Man
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 1992 Digital Remaster
- 26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
- Dreamy Eyes
- 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) (Rerecorded)
- Sukiyaki
- The Big Draft - Medley
- Lazy Summer Night
- Big Man
- Green Green
- Dreamy Eyes
- More Money for You and Me - Medley
- Early in the Morning
- 26 Miles
- Hitchhiker
- Draftdodger Rag
- What I Don't Know Can't Hurt Me
- Love of the Common People
Albums (40)
- Street Corner Doowop Rarities (2024)
- The Four Preps (Vintage Charm) (2022)
- Black Tie Super Set (2022)
- Memories, Memories (2021)
- Falling Star (2021)
- The Love of the Common People (2021)
- Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered) (2020)
- Bad Times At The El Royale (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
- Banana Split for My Baby - Rockin' Tracks from the Good Old Summertime (2018)
- Milestones of the Legends: Boy Groups, Vol. 7 (1970)
- Calcutta / Gone Are the Days (2015)
- Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of The Four Preps (2015)
- The Original Four Preps Sing Folk Favorites & Country Classics (2014)
- My Favorite Time of the Year (2014)
- 26 Miles (2014)
- Big Man (2013)
- 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - The Best Of (2013)
- Greatest Hits: 50s (2012)
- The Very Best of (2010)
- The Wonderful World of the 50's - 100 Hit Songs (2008)
- The Single Collection, Vol. 2 (2007)
- The Single Collection, Vol. 1 (2007)
- The Four Preps on Campus (2007)
- How to Succeed in Love (2007)
- The Singles Collection, Vol. 3 (2007)
- The Best of the Four Preps (2007)
- Dancing and Dreaming (2006)
- Campus Confidential (2006)
- The Things We Did Last Summer (2001)
- The Four Preps (2001)
- Down By the Station (2001)
- Songs for a Campus Party (2001)
- Capitol Records From The Vaults: "The Best Of '56" (2000)
- Campus Encore (2000)
- On Campus (2000)
- Capitol Sings Jerome Kern: "The Song Is You" (1992)
- Calcutta (feat. Lincoln Mayorga and His Orchestra) [Mono Version] (1961)
- Stop, Baby / Humble Pie (Mono Version) (1959)
- Big Surprise / Try My Arms (feat. Joe Maphis and His Orchestra) [Mono Version] (1959)
- Big Man (Mono Version) (1959)
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